Volunteer With Habitat for Humanity!

Friday, July 24th @ 8:30am

Join your Central UMC friends for a morning volunteering with Habitat for Humanity! The job site will be confirmed the week before. Jobs can vary and will be assigned that day. 

No experience or tools needed, but you may want sunscreen, sunglasses, a water bottle, gloves, and/or your own tools. 

Meet at 8:30 for instructions; work until noon; then join us afterward for lunch if you can! 

Use the QR Code to register. Questions? Email Robin Smith at drrtsmith@gmail.com.

Cross Connection with St. James AME Church

Sundays beginning July 12 | 11AM

This summer Central’s Church & Society Committee would like to offer you the opportunity to visit St. James AME Church in a small group with others from our congregation.

You may remember St. James’ pastor, Reverend Bynum, who brought the message to Central at the Easter Sunrise service this year. Dr. Bynum is a proponent of cross-congregation connection, and St. James has a very welcoming approach to their services. Each group will be facilitated by a member of Church & Society.

On July 19th St. James AME will be celebrating their 139th Anniversary. Join in the celebration!

If you are interested in participating, please visit this link for the more information and to sign up: https://onrealm.org/centralumc/Registrations

Rising Kindergarteners!

Is your child or a child you know about to start Kindergarten? We are so excited to celebrate with you! Please let Maggie know so that they can receive a special Kinder gift!

Calling EVERYONE

Are you 18 or older, able to pass a background check, and willing to share God’s love by supervising, teaching, or feeding our young friends? We need your help! We need more safe adults to volunteer for Children’s Church, after worship Children’s Playtime or Kids with Purpose, Youth Group, providing youth meals and special events.

Contact Maggie Christy at mchristy@centralumc.org if interested.

We Are Hiring!

We are in need of a Nursery Supervisor, Nursery Staff and Nursery Substitutes.

If this is something you might be interested in doing, please contact Maggie Christy at mchristy@centralumc.org. 

Working Wheels

Donate your car. Change a life. Working Wheels accepts donated vehicles to help local working families access reliable transportation.

Learn more or donate your vehicle at workingwheelswnc.org.  

Central Creation Care: Eco-Tip

Every home could have a drying rack for plastic bags: skewers stuck in a block of Styrofoam! Then bags used for foods other than meat can be washed, dried, and re-used often. See how long you can go before having to buy more plastic food storage bags. (Bag drying racks are also available for purchase online and in many other places.)

Try Out a Small Group This Fall!

Try out a Small Group! Join us for an 8-week exploration of the basic building block of the Methodist movement: John Wesley’s “class meeting.” Over the course of this experience we’ll gradually shift weight from a study to a small group experience, giving participants and understanding and a taste for why these weekly meetings are so important to our spiritual growth.

We’ll end with an opportunity for those interested to form new small groups that continue meeting. We will meet after worship (11:15am) in Room 219 from 9/13 to 11/15, skipping first Sundays of each month (for the Table2Table meal).

Participants will need a copy of Kevin Watson’s book, The Class Meeting. It can be purchased from Amazon or picked up from our church office for a $20 suggested donation.

Registration is required: https://bit.ly/2026fallstudygroup